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ADVOCACY FOCUS MAGAZINE | AUGUST 2023

State Lawmakers Approve Funding for Key Projects in the

Greater Lansing Region

he Greater Lansing region
secured a major victory in the
Trecently approved state budget
as lawmakers approved funding for
critical infrastructure and community
revitalization projects supported by
more than a dozen local organizations
including the Lansing Regional
Chamber of Commerce (LRCC).
Several projects approved by state Daman Showers Schor Witwer
lawmakers were part of the Capital
Region Improvement Support Package (CRISP) that was
developed by regional partners. Among local projects
and funding amounts approved by the legislature were:

• $40 million toward helping fund construction
of a new Lansing City Hall
• $40 million toward new Lansing housing projects
• $50 million in road and water infrastructure projects
in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties
• $9.4 million for roadway improvements Anthony Pingston Noll-Williams
• $5 million toward Lansing Center renovations
• $5 million towards construction of the Michigan fashion to fight for and win approval for their critical
Joint Training Innovation Center infrastructure projects.”
• $1.7 million toward Lansing Riverfront
• $1 million ongoing state support for downtown In recognition of the critical importance that a thriving
Lansing downtown in our capital city means to the region and
the state, the local coalition developed CRISP, which
“We are elated to have received funding for these included funding requests from the state of Michigan
projects that combined are truly game-changers for the for projects and services that will revitalize Lansing’s
Lansing area,” said Tim Daman, president & CEO, LRCC. central city. Passage of the projects contained in CRISP
“We owe a debt of gratitude to our local lawmakers in the are anticipated to enhance growth coming to our
Capitol Caucus who once again worked in a bipartisan region in the next few years. Below are statements from

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